(a) No security or investment, other than real and personal property acquired under Code Sections 33-11-28, 33-11-29, and 33-11-32 and cash and deposits under Code Section 33-11-6, shall be eligible for acquisition unless it is interest bearing or interest accruing or dividend or income paying, or it is not then in default in any respect, and the insurer is entitled to receive for its account and benefit the interest or income accruing thereon.
(b) No security or investment shall be eligible for purchase at a price above its market value.
(c) No provision of this article shall prohibit the acquisition by an insurer of other or additional securities or property if received as a dividend or as a lawful distribution of assets or under a lawful and bona fide agreement of bulk reinsurance, merger, or consolidation. Any investment so acquired which is not otherwise eligible under this article shall be disposed of pursuant to Code Section 33-11-39 if real property, or pursuant to Code Section 33-11-40 if personal property or securities.
(d) Nothing in this Code section shall prohibit an insurer from acquiring control of another insurer subject to the approval of the Commissioner.
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